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LOT 0693
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Hippocampus Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (5.31 grams, 30.69 mm).
With low-relief eye and tail detailing, cells filled with enamel and roundels in contrasting colour; remains of pun-lug and catch to the reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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